Walksort
Outlined below are the Walksort options, for further information click on the tabs below for product features and instructions.
Walksort
If you send large volumes of mail throughout the UK, or if you send bulk mail to specific areas or locations, then Walksort® can save you money. If all your addresses have accurate postcodes and you do some of the sorting normally done by us, you could save up to 36% off full business postage costs.
Key Features
- Full UK coverage
- 1st & 2nd Class delivery speeds
- Mail items up to 750g
- Payment via account, Meter impression or stamps
- Access via completion of Postal Cheques or Online Business Accounting Sales Order
- Will be sorted just 85 selections
Product Instructions
You can apply to use Walksort if your mailings meet the following criteria:
- Minimum mailing size is 4000 letters or 1000 Large Letters or A3 Packets
- 2000 letters if you mailing to and from a specific single postcode area
- Your mail items are 100% fully and accurately postcoded
- All mailings must meet a penetration level of at least 10% of households in the coverage area
- Mail is sorted using a valid Walksort database
- You must produce a Computer Planning Report (CPR) and a Line Listing for every mailing
Presstream Walksort
Presstream Walksort is a variant of Presstream (our distribution service for customers who regularly post magazines, newspapers or journals in bulk within the UK), which offers an additional discount if the penetration index of 2% is reached and the mail sorted to postal walk.
Key Features
- We will give you all the information and technical support you need to set Presstream Walksort up and keep it running efficiently
- Reach 27 million UK households every working day
- Free returns of undeliverable items
- Free collection
- Large deliveries – no circulation list too big for us to consider
- A free report on your circulation figure
Product Instructions
To use Presstream Walksort, at least one-sixth of the Periodical must contain editorial content and be published, posted and received at least twice a year. All items in a mailing must be the same shape, size and weight, unless you’ve a made special arrangement beforehand with us in writing.
You must have accurate Postcodes 100% of the mailing and you can’t use this service to send catalogues, brochures, directories or direct mail.
Your mailing must also reach a 2% penetration index, which means for every 100 addresses on your database, your items need to reach 2 of those addresses. We are able to check this for you with our Walksort Penetration calculator.